Low Traffic Lewes

Low Traffic Lewes

a) “Low Traffic Lewes Project - Progress Report February 2022”

In December 2020 Lewes Town Council agreed to support the Low Traffic Lewes Project led by Lewes Living Streets and Cycle Lewes.

It also agreed a grant of £5,400 to fund two studies to support the project and particularly objectives 1 and 3 below:

• A survey of visitors to Lewes High Street and shopping area (and a similar survey of businesses) and:

• A camera survey to ascertain the current volume of through-traffic on the High Street.

• One of the key  results from the residents' survey is that there is overwhelming support for more planning, seating and wider pavements as well as hop on hop off buses to get round the town.

b) “Lewes Through Traffic Camera Survey results Feb 2022”

In order to have reliable  statistics on the amount of motorised vehicles passing through the centre of Lewes, Lewes Living Streets & Cycle Lewes organised a camera survey of traffic passing East & West between Westgate to Phoenix Bridge.

Over 8,800 vehicles were captured entering the town over Phoenix Bridge on 16 November 2021.

c) Title: Low Traffic Lewes Project: Survey results Feb 2022

This survey of visitors, residents & businesses was carried out in February 2022 and it is hoped will provide compelling evidence on the need to change the layout & infrastructure on School Hill & the Upper High Street.